BGOV Bill Analysis: H.R. 2683, Remote Access Export Controls

The Commerce Department would be able to issue export licenses to regulate remote network access to sensitive US-based technologies under a modified version of H.R. 2683.

The measure would prohibit foreign entities from obtaining remote access, through a cloud network or similar system, to controlled items without an export license from the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security.

The 2018 Export Control Reform Act, enacted as part of the fiscal 2019 defense authorization law (Public Law 115-232), gave the US the ability to regulate the export and transfer of certain items to ensure that sensitive, advanced ...